RENE LALIQUE – “MONNAIE DU PAPE” CHALICE, 1904

“MONNAIE DU PAPE” CHALICE, 1904
Lost-wax cast glass
Signed on the base in intaglio: R. Lalique and dated 1904
Unique piece
Height: 19 cm
A model of the same shape, decorated with anemones, is in the collection of the Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, inventory no. 1264

This piece was not referenced in the first three editions of the Catalogue Raisonné by Félix Marcilhac. It was subsequently listed under CP2bis (with the description published under CP3quater wrongly attributed to a third party)

Provenance
Formerly in the collection of one of René Lalique’s collaborators